< Isaiah 50 >

1 Thus saith Jehovah: Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, through your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
耶和華如此說: 我休你們的母親, 休書在哪裏呢? 我將你們賣給我哪一個債主呢? 你們被賣,是因你們的罪孽; 你們的母親被休,是因你們的過犯。
2 Wherefore did I come, and there was no man? I called, and there was none to answer? Is my hand at all shortened that I cannot redeem, or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make rivers a wilderness; their fish stink because there is no water, and die for thirst.
我來的時候,為何無人等候呢? 我呼喚的時候,為何無人答應呢? 我的膀臂豈是縮短、不能救贖嗎? 我豈無拯救之力嗎? 看哪,我一斥責,海就乾了; 我使江河變為曠野; 其中的魚因無水腥臭,乾渴而死。
3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
我使諸天以黑暗為衣服, 以麻布為遮蓋。
4 The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the instructed, that I should know how to succour by a word him that is weary. He wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the instructed.
主耶和華賜我受教者的舌頭, 使我知道怎樣用言語扶助疲乏的人。 主每早晨提醒, 提醒我的耳朵, 使我能聽,像受教者一樣。
5 The Lord Jehovah hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious; I turned not away back.
主耶和華開通我的耳朵; 我並沒有違背,也沒有退後。
6 I gave my back to smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
人打我的背,我任他打; 人拔我腮頰的鬍鬚,我由他拔; 人辱我,吐我,我並不掩面。
7 But the Lord Jehovah will help me: therefore shall I not be confounded; therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
主耶和華必幫助我, 所以我不抱愧。 我硬着臉面好像堅石; 我也知道我必不致蒙羞。
8 He is near that justifieth me: who will contend with me? let us stand together; who is mine adverse party? let him draw near unto me.
稱我為義的與我相近; 誰與我爭論, 可以與我一同站立; 誰與我作對, 可以就近我來。
9 Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? Behold, they all shall grow old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
主耶和華要幫助我; 誰能定我有罪呢? 他們都像衣服漸漸舊了, 為蛀蟲所咬。
10 Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that hearkeneth to the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, — let him confide in the name of Jehovah, and stay himself upon his God.
你們中間誰是敬畏耶和華、 聽從他僕人之話的? 這人行在暗中,沒有亮光。 當倚靠耶和華的名, 仗賴自己的上帝。
11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and among the sparks [that] ye have kindled. This shall ye have of my hand: ye shall lie down in sorrow.
凡你們點火,用火把圍繞自己的 可以行在你們的火焰裏, 並你們所點的火把中。 這是我手所定的: 你們必躺在悲慘之中。

< Isaiah 50 >